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Cost me about $1500 to get my A license a couple of years ago. That was everything included and it took me 29 jumps to complete. Of course there was gas to get to the dz and all the times I drove up and got winded out. And then there is the beer. Also, don't be surprised to have to redo a couple of jumps. Just because you did fine in the tunnel doesn't me it will be the same in the sky. It's a little different with the gound comming at you. Have a blast. It's worth whatever you need to pay. Scott

Did ol Bill H. fly with you this year? I was hoping to come up and say hi but was walking back from the ultralight area when you guys jumped. I see the biplane flew along side again this year. THAT can never get old I'm sure. You put on a great show again. Thanks Scott

Wow, what a great time. Yes, it was my first boogie , so I have nothing to compare it too. But , there was plenty of food to snack on and plenty of freindly people to jump with. I often here of other places that are cliquey but that certainly isn't the case at Sevin Hills. If you manifested by yourself it didn't stay that way for very long. Special thanks to all of CSC's very professional pilots. You guys did an awesome job. Can't wait til next year.

And by all means. If you are going to get a used car, you need to run the CARFAX report on it if you are serious. We ran it on a bunch of different cars we were looking at and found that one had been in a serious accident and the other in a moderate accident. Luckily we found this out and didn't give them a second look. Good Luck. I don't envy you a bit. Scott

-------------------------------------------------------------- Yeh, it would have to be a dealer for me to bite. Problem is being 1200 miles away, I just can't come and take a look. Thanks for all the info everyone. It was really helpful. Scott

Sounds like people either love it or hate it. I just think it would kinda bite having to fly out to pick up a vehicle and then find out it was misrepresented. How did some of you pay for the item? We have used PayPal for small stuff but the larger items that need to be financed are totally different. Scott

Have any of you ever bought a vehicle on Ebay? What was your experience like? Was the vehicle how it was represented? Were thinking about bidding on ebay but are a little nervous about buying a car from the other side of the country off of the internet. I suppose it should be ok since that's how I bought my rig. It just makes me nervous to spend lots of money on something I haven't seen or know anything about. Scott

Never read any of his books but listen to his show on the radio as much as possible. Seems like a really down to earth guy with simple answers to financial questions.

Wow. After reading the first post I am really confused. Maybe if it could be explained a little better with all the emotion taken out first and with just the facts. Let me see if I have it somewhat straight. The landlord (the 68year old man with the son who served in the army for 23 years, and of course is a simple old farmer) leased his land to another farmer (the big, mean corporate farmer with no conscience) for a period of time. Now the lessee is trying to take the landlords land from him. Is that correct? Ok. I am going to guess the landlord had an agrreement with the lessee. IF the amount paid was agreed on and the lessee paid it then it is settled. From the description that warpedskydiver gave I am guessing the landlord leased the land to the other farmer for a set number of years and when the price of commodities started the rise, got greedy and wants more rent than was agreed upon or wants out of the contract to rent to someone else whom offered him more. IF that is the case I am guessing the renter is trying to hold him to the agreement that they both agreed to. IF this is the case I have to side with the other farmer. Should the renter offer to pay the landlord a bonus for his land? Maybe it would be a goodwill gesture and nothing more. Does he have to? No. If this more accurately describes what happened,the landlord needs to suck it up for the duration of the contract. When the contract is over, rent to someone else. If that is what happened then it describes the problem that some landowners are having right now, GREED. Some renters are entering into contracts with good faith and then the landlords are trying to break it to get higher rents. I hope I understood this correctly. If not, wardskydiver, you need to explain it better and give more facts and less emotion. Maybe this will be less of a problem if corn keeps heading south like it did on Friday. Scott

QuoteAre we being ripped off on organic food? Simple answer. YES. But if it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy about spending the extra money then by all means spend away. Scott

Stop it already...... your making me really hungry for a couple of double cheeseburgers on the dollar menu at McDonalds. And no, I don't plan on sueing because I decided to put it in my body. Scott

Who needs Bill Clinton back in the white house anyways??? Monica?

Certainly can't have anything to do with California's way of teaching the kids. All this "new math" and other "new" classes can't possibly have anything to do with it.........DAH! Scott

way to double space hey i love animals.. some of them are tasty and some of them are cute, some of them... not so. whats best in when they are cute and tasty but seriously i love animals and was at one point considering going into veterinary medicine, but i opted for human medicine instead, i love my german shepard dog almost as much as i love my wife. i have a guinea pig and a rabbit who live together, and a cat that has some wierd form of mange dog bless its soul. pun intended. but we eat these animals for cryin out loud, i don't care how they die, its not like theres some fiendish owner of a chicken farm out there who plans elaborate painful deaths for poultry. and its not as if cattle and other animals have any cognitive thoughts about death, heres a day in the life of a cow cow sleeps standing up/cow wakes up/cow eats,shits & pisses/cow goes back to sleep the cow doesn't run around its pen thinking about how its going to die and could probably care less. in the hunting gathering days if you were the guy that thought killing animals was wrong or cared about how they died, then you didn't eat because you couldn't contribute. they didn't have vegetarians back then because no body had that mentality, maybe in other parts of the world like india, but this is an american thing, if peta went to india or turkey and tried to bitch about animal rights they themselves would probably be eaten. and speaking of animal rights... WE KILL THEM SO WE CAN EAT THEM! we don't raise them in a controlled environment so we can give them rights. we americans have the bill of rights. its the first part of the constitution no where in there does it say anything about giving the animals any equality to us, and you know why?... CUZ WE EAT THEM YA HIPPIES! people want to treat animals humanely, that is to say we want to treat them like humanity, elaborating further leads us to, i want to treat that animal like a human, and that were you get these people who dress thier cats up in stupid outfits and spurt gibberish baby talk at them as if they understand seems like odd behaviour to me --------------------------------------------------------------- Just when I thought everybody had lost their common sense, you had to go putting the truth in here. Couldn't have said it better myself.

QuoteSorry bout that, been workin on the farm all day Laugh Those cows sure poop alot!!! Crazy ----------------------------------------------------------------- What???? You only have two, and they are in the pasture anyway. Scott

QuoteI washed my jumpsuit and shoes in the washer, but the shoes still smell like poop. Do you know of any way to get the smell out? What are you doing with your shoes after tending to the critters? -------------------------------------------------------------- I ain't much of a deer hunter but, I think if you use baking soda it might work. I farm so I have work shoes and boots. Guess avoiding it is the best idea. And to think, to some of use that is just the smell of money. Smelly money. Scott

Hehe...Last year my AmeriCorps team went to help out on a non-profit farm that was used as therapy for handicapped children. Over lunch the young girl whose family ran and lived on the farm (about 6yrs old, cutuest little girl you can imagine) was telling me all about the different animals they have on the farm. She was telling me all their names, horses, cows, ducks, etc. She said her favorite was the cow Pepper, but Pepper wasn't around any longer. I asked what happened to Pepper, and with just a brief pause and a moment of reflection she responded "You're eating her. She tastes pretty good, doesn't she?" That, my friends is a very wise yound lady. No confusion when it comes to the food chain. As for the non-profit part, well it seems to me they are pretty much all non-profit. Scott

in 18 months, they will be big and fat and ready to grill. cute now, grill later. ETA... wait a tick, maybe you were calling my wife cute and cuddley? that she is! Yep, they are cute now but like you said micro, just give them time. I did that one year with pigs. I thought it would be fun to raise something different so I bouoht 39 little feeder pigs that weighed only about 35 pounds apiece. They were all cute and stuff for about 24 hours. Then they started to crap and eat like crazy. At about 225 pounds they aren't cute anymore. Nice looking heifer though. What's with the white faced one? I probably would have went with Salt and Pepper. Or maybe just numbered them so not become attatched. They look like alot of fun, enjoy your new endeavor. Scott

That's what she said in the email ... Maybe she's wrong. I'll check. I'll let ya know! 'Shell Yes, you eat holsteins. It is just that the females (cows) get milked and stick around for quite a few years before slaughter. The bulls are cut and then fed as steers for meat just like all the colored breeds. Shell666, stop it, your making me hungry for a steak. Scott

Scott what do you think? I'm thinking they could be ready for the BBQ by next Labor Day. ----------------------------------------------------------- At about 500 pounds and little less than a year off I would have to say yes, the cookout can be scheduled for next Labor Day. From the sounds of it Michael, you've really done your homework and know all this already.

don't be hatin! It looks more like a "microtractor" for the ol "Microranch"

and by ALL means, give me more tips!!! I'm a beef raisin virgin here! shit, do I owe beer for this, owning my first cows? Shocked ---------------------------------------------------------- This is great. I love hearing about someones first time raising animals.

Hey Kris, Got it done, twice now. Cute little guy. Scott

Um..... I am waiting a week so I don't harm the boys at all. I figure they've been through enough this week already. I figure no reason to hurry and look like the elephant man. Like someone said on this thread or a previous one. it is alot easier to cut away a lineover than a ball under. Scott

As far as shaving goes, they wanted me to shave and so I did my best. She (the nurse) shaved off a few stragglers. Only had on pill afterwards but that was just a regular antibiotic thing I guess. When the numbing med starts to wear off things get a little sore. I am not sure if that is all or if it's because I had a bag of peas down there for a few hours. Things were a little chilled Today I have hardly any pain at all. That is why I need to stretch this laziness out. Unless there is something that is going to happen that already hasen't, it should be fairly painfree.